Patient Safety Challenges

As per WHO 1 in 10 patient receive harm during the treatment process 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infections acquired in hospitals. There is a 1 in 1 000 000 chance of a traveller being harmed while in an aircraft. In comparison, there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being harmed during health care.

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Dear friends, Tomorrow, history will be written. The entire nation will see COLS activity getting conducted all over India. Every state chapter, city branch and every member of ISA has put in 100% efforts to make this activity a grand success.
Looking at the enthusiasm of all the members, I am really overwhelmed.
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Anticonvulsant medications like gabapentin and pregabalin don't appear to improve low back pain, a meta-analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds. Researchers examined nine studies of nearly 900 patients with chronic low back pain or lumbar radicular pain.Patients received either anticonvulsants (gabapentinoids or topiramate) or placebo.
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We have been emphasising inappropriate Care as a core patient safety issue all these years. The WHO report below reiterates the same. Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health costs globally
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She was a 15-year-old school kid; came in with multiple episodes of seizures ('epileptic fit' in street language). IV injections controlled her fits; CT scan and MRI painlessly sliced through her brain; millimeter by millimeter searching for a focus; negative. 24-hours later she was stable and ready to be started on long term medicines to prevent recurrences.
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